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Campbell P, Curtin K, Ulrich C, Samowitz W, Bigler J, Velicer C, et al.
Gut . 2008 Jun; 58(5):661-7. PMID: 18523027
Background: Germline mutations in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes cause Lynch syndrome colon cancers. Less understood is the risk of colon cancer associated with common polymorphisms in MMR genes and...
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Slattery M, Schumacher M, Lanier A, Edwards S, Edwards R, Murtaugh M, et al.
Am J Epidemiol . 2007 Jun; 166(5):606-15. PMID: 17586578
In 2001, the National Cancer Institute funded three centers to test the feasibility of establishing a cohort of American Indian and Alaska Native people. Participating tribal organizations named the study...
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Slattery M, Sweeney C, Wolff R, Herrick J, Baumgartner K, Giuliano A, et al.
Breast Cancer Res Treat . 2006 Oct; 104(2):197-209. PMID: 17051426
Background: An insulin-related pathway to breast cancer has been hypothesized. Methods: We examine the 19 CA repeat of the IGF1 gene, the -202 C > A IGFBP3, the G972R IRS,...
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Slattery M, Baumgartner K, Byers T, Guiliano A, Sweeney C, Herrick J, et al.
Cancer Causes Control . 2005 Oct; 16(10):1147-57. PMID: 16215864
Circulating concentrations of IGF-I and IGFBP-3 are associated with risk of pre-menopausal breast cancer. Racial differences in levels of these factors have been reported, and determinants of IGF-I and IGFBP-3...
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Ulrich C, Curtin K, Samowitz W, Bigler J, Potter J, Caan B, et al.
J Nutr . 2005 Sep; 135(10):2462-7. PMID: 16177213
5,10-Methylene-tetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) is a key enzyme in folate-mediated 1-carbon metabolism. Reduced MTHFR activity has been associated with genomic DNA hypomethylation. Methylated cytosines at CpG sites are easily mutated and...
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Rogers A, Murtaugh M, Edwards S, Slattery M
Am J Epidemiol . 2004 Jul; 160(1):85-90. PMID: 15229121
Although obtaining high response rates is critical to epidemiologic studies, effort to achieve response rates is undocumented. The authors used three population-based case-control studies conducted in Utah between October 1991...
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Friedman G, Coates A, Potter J, Slattery M
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf . 2004 Apr; 7(2):99-106. PMID: 15073733
In a case-control study of colon cancer conducted in three geographic regions of the United States, 1993 case subjects and 2410 control subjects were interviewed. In addition to queries regarding...
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Slattery M, Kinney A, Levin T
Prev Med . 2004 Feb; 38(3):276-83. PMID: 14766109
Introduction: The effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening in reducing incident colorectal cancer and the risk of death has been shown. Despite campaigns to promote the benefits of and use of...
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Slattery M, Levin T, Ma K, Goldgar D, Holubkov R, Edwards S
Cancer Causes Control . 2003 Dec; 14(9):879-87. PMID: 14682445
Introduction: While the association between family history of colorectal cancer in first-degree relatives and risk of developing colon cancer has been well defined, the association with rectal cancer is much...
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Slattery M, Edwards S, Curtin K, Ma K, Edwards R, Holubkov R, et al.
Am J Epidemiol . 2003 Jul; 158(3):214-24. PMID: 12882943
Physical activity has been inconsistently associated with rectal cancer despite the consistent association between physical activity and colon cancer. In this study, the authors evaluated the association between physical activity...